The ABC’s of Steemit
This series of articles is dedicated to explaining the basics of Steemit for new users and anyone else who wants to brush up on Steemit basics.
It will include a variety of topics and concepts that are vital to understand and master to become a dedicated and successful member of the Steemit community.
Let's start with the letter--
A stands for Always protect your password. This rule cannot be stressed enough. You may have read this on your password page—spend a minute and read it again.
The first rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
The second rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
The third rule of Steemit is: We cannot recover your password.
The fourth rule: If you can remember the password, it's not secure.
The fifth rule: Use only randomly-generated passwords.
The sixth rule: Do not tell anyone your password.
The seventh rule: Always back up your password.
When you first open your Steemit account, you are given a master password. This master password will start with "P5" and then will have many more numbers and letters in a secret combination. This is your master password.
You are also given 4 permissions including Posting, Active, Owner, and Memo. These are often referred to as "keys".
The master password is like Frodo’s ring in The Lord of the Rings—it is the password that rules them all.
Here is the very first thing Steemit says to do in the Introduction information:
- Backup your password
Unlike centralized web services, the Steem Blockchain has no account password recovery.
You are entirely responsible for keeping your password, and keeping it secure.
Save your master key and keep it somewhere safe.
It is strongly recommended that you store an offline copy of your password somewhere safe in case of >a hard drive failure or other calamity. Consider digital offline storage, such as a flash drive or burned >CD, as well as printed paper. Use a safe deposit box for best redundancy.
If your account is valuable, treat it like a valuable!
What does it mean to back up your password? It means to put it down on a piece of paper, on a flash drive, or burned on a CD (or maybe all three!) and then store the password somewhere safe. It might even be a good idea to keep two copies in separate locations in case of a disaster such as a fire destroying one copy.
Your keys on the other hand, allow for various levels of access to your account. I will address these in another one of my ABC posts. For now, let's just stay focused on your password.
TL;DR
If you didn't catch it yet, here is the most important thing you can remember:
KEEP YOUR PASSWORD SAFE!
Your password is worth exactly how much your account is worth. If you lose it, accidentally post it in a memo field, get hacked, or otherwise lose your password, it is most likely you just lost the entire account. The thief will change the password, lock you out, and probably enjoy spending your Steem.
So, whatever you do, make sure you have your password safely stored offline somewhere.
**All pictures used are labeled for reuse. They come from Pixabay
Follow @bigpanda for more ABC's of Steemit and for flash fiction.
@bigpanda this is a great information.
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Thanks so much! I hope it is of great value to new Steemit members.
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good work my friend @bigpanda we can all benefit from this article and grow up together. very intreseting
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Thank you @prosteemian. I'm glad you think so.
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your welcome my friend i'm glad to see you @bigpanda thanks for this useful informations and your support!
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This post is very useful and useful for all newly joined steemians. Because for the average newcomer they forgot to save the password. Maybe they think if lost password can ask to his email account. Thank you for providing this feedback.
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Exactly! There is no one that can help you if you lose your password--keep it safe. Thanks for stopping by today. I'm glad you liked it.
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U are welcome.. ,,,😊😀
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Wow amazing post dear..Keep it up...
Thanks for sharing ..Resteemit done..✌✌✌✌
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Thanks for the resteem!
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Great tutorial dear..Keep it up..
Thanks for sharing..
I appreciate your post...
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Thanks
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very nice tutorial that is
i appreciated by this post carry on
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Thank you
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good post I thinks that is
good activity
keep it up dear
following to you
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Thanks
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Great post. Can you go over voting. I have been voting for countless hours at 85% ...two months and I have seen little curation rewards. Thanks Joy
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This is the great post dear..... i appreciate this post.and i always follow you.
resteemit done
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Thank you
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Most welcome dear....
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Wow amazing tutorial about steemit ..carry on your activity dear...Keep it up...Resteemit..
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Thank you very much
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This very beautiful post i appreciate your post i writing for your next post best of luck my dear friends..
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I'm so glad you thought it was beautiful.
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thankyou for made this excellent post which give us more info STEEMIT, I must be follow these rules you're mention in this post.
You're right our password is worth exactly how much account is safe.
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I appreciate that, thanks.
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New steemian like me will be secured after reading your post. Following you for learning more. Tnx.
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@bigpanda .... Info at its best, you always do a lot of unique work and this also is from that one work...
GOD bless you mate just a thumbs up for you ...
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Thanks for the thumbs up!
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such a nice tutorial that is
stay with that resteremit
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Glad you thought it was nice. I hope it helps our newest members.
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yes dear
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nice tutorial
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I'm so glad you think so. Thank you.
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good post dear
all the best
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well nice post ..
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Important rules for new users! Hope you have a great week :)
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This post has received a 13.76 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @bigpanda.
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thank you @bigbande for this info ... and welcome back we miss you ;)
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Thanks @beforandafter. I'm glad you missed me--I didn't even realize I was gone. :)
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The highest worning I got was
Do not plagiarise after the password warning
Thanks for the information
But I learnt somebody recovered his through a lady on steemit chat I really dont know how that works but it did
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love that Lord of the Rings reference. Really good advice my friend @bigpanda I'm new and I'm always looking for an advice in this community. following you.
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Excelent advice! :D Thank you for sharing!
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@bigpanda I have a question , my busy org. account is not opening, although master key is correct
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This is really very informative steemit guide.
I suport your work @bigpanda
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Cool to have it for newbies
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i remember when i started ...for the life i couldnt understand what people were trying to explain....yes i get it now, but ik how confusing it was :)
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it is understood! thanks for share your knowledge dear @bigpanda
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you used amazing word in your post that is impressed me and you create a great article
..best of luck...
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Thanks, best of luck to you as well
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Thanks for the info bro.
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